So how many of you guys in here have jumped timing in your car at interstate speeds and come away with only needing a new head and timing kit instead of a whole new engine? There's a 95 AWD Talon I'm considering picking up and he said it jumped timing at 75mph and is selling it because he can't...

Took my axle out today and got to lookin. The guy who got it back in said the carrier bearing bolts weren't the right ones. When we were putting it all back together, the bearing side closer to the driver side doesn't lay flush against the block. It's like when he tightened the one closer to...

Took my axle out today and got to lookin. The guy who got it back in said the carrier bearing bolts weren't the right ones. When we were putting it all back together, the bearing side closer to the driver side doesn't lay flush against the block. It's like when he tightened the one closer to...

Thanks for the help. So I guess in keeping in mind I have to drop big bucks on a t3 flanged manifold, I'd be better off spending that money on an Evo 16g, since I have a SBR cast mani laying around I purchased a while back. Then it'd be easier to just keep the car relatively stock, using the...

I have a Super 60 Turbonetics t3/t4 I got from a local guy. I was going to use it on my 280Z. Anyways, it has the Ford 5 bolt pattern and is setup to be internally wastegated. However, it DOESN'T have the part that bolts to the hot side that houses the wastegate flapper, so for now it just...

I'm having trouble finding an online vendor that has the heater hoses. I need the one that runs from the thermostat housing to the throttle body. It's an 8" or so formed hose. Had a cracked one, got another, and it's cracked too. What I thought was water somehow getting into the UICP and...

I MAY have a broken headgasket in my car, so I'm going to do a compression test. Where do I pull power to the fuel pump, and where do I disconnect to kill the spark while I'm doing my test? Any other things I need to do? I've never done a compression test on a DOHC car if it's any different...

I have a Turbonetics 60-1 t3/t4 with the Ford 5 bolt pattern and internal wastegate. Anyone make an O2 housing for that, or am I going to have to get something completely custom? Maybe like a custom dp that bolts to the hot side and has the O2 sensor in the dp?

Anyone have any horror stories about using a non dampened pulley on a stock motor? Or on a modified motor?Do I not have to jack the motor up or anything, or is it rather easy to get off right where the motor sits?

I did look in the FAQ section, and on Vfaq and didn't find anything. Is the installation of a crank pulley (whether stock or an underdrive unit) all that difficult? There isn't any a/c or p/s on my car to really get in the way (only took about 5 minutes to install a new altrenator belt) so I'm...

It's definately a water hose, that's where the steam was pissing out after the 20 minute drive home. I was wondering why I kept loosing water after just replacing the radiator and not seeing any leaks from under the radiator area. I guess 5/8ths it is. Thanks for the help guys.

The upper hose that runs from the back of the thermostat housing about 8 inches away to the intake manifold has a crack it in, and it's pissing out all the coolant, so this is a problem. Does this hose have a particular name so I can order a new one, or would it be easier to just get a generic...

Yea the belts were doing the whole squealing thing. It was pretty old and was meaning to change it, guess I have a reason to now :) I figured it'd be easy from looking down into the engine bay. Didn't look like there was much in the way, just kinda wanted some reassurance I guess. Thanks guys.

My alt. belt popped last night and I guess the fan wasn't getting any power to spin, so my car started getting a weeee bit warm. Shut it off and let all the steam come out and checked it out. The belt is long gone. Anyways, do I have to remove anything or is it pretty easy to just reach in...

Dental floss, read very good things about that once.

Awesome, I'm sure I can make a compilation of your steps and my own winging it and get it in there. Thanks for the help.

I need to replace the glass in my 91's passenger side door. Anyone got a walkthrough on how it's done? I checked Vfaq and didn't find anything helpful and will continue to seach on here and other forums. Just wanted to drop by and relay this post to see if anyone could hook me up while I'm...

If you feel the well being and functionality of your car that is probably your daily driver, and is responsible for getting you back and forth to school and your job; or your honey wagon that's your only way to pull in chicks because you're too cheap to get them any other way is only worth $2.75...

http://www.zcar.com/forums/read.php?f=4&i=280016&t=280016The car's frame rail landed on my foot...check that link for pics :D

I drove today! It's been 4 months to the day since I've driven, due to my Eclipse falling on me when I was trying to change a busted axle shaft. It's been changed about 2 months ago now, but was awaiting transmission fluid to be put in. Got it in today, and the washers on the carrier bearing...

That might have something to do with it, but I'm trading the car off anyways. Getting another battery from O'Reilly just to hold until I sell the car in a couple weeks.

Issues have been resolved.http://www.undergroundmotorsports.com/ $110 for a Megan downpipe brand new

This is a testament for O'Reilly store brand Super Start batteries. I buy one for my Eclipse about 6-7 months ago, and drove on it for about 4-7 weeks I'd say. My axle popped so I quit driving it. About 3 weeks later I go to start the car just to keep the fluids moving around in the engine. It...

I have some wheels I'm interested in putting on my 280Z, but obviously there are no good Photochoppers on the Z site I go to, but I always see nice work done to cars on here, so I thought I'd give it a shot ;)Here's the wheels:Or this pic if the shot is easier to work with...

Ha, if you want to buy 2 Sparco seats you'll have to put your house up for mortage :) There are plenty of people driving around with 1 racing seat and 1 stock seat. However those people also get called riceboys, as will you. You really don't "need" a racing seat unless you're actually racing...

$600 with a clean interior and exterior, and you haven't bought it yet? :) BUY IT!Sure the motor knocks, it's probably a rod or something coming loose. Buy it, take the motor out and part it out, and put a JDM 6 bolt in it. For less than $2000 you can have a clean car with a fresh JDM...

Why not email Turbo XS and see if they'll sell you the new wiring parts you need? That'd be the easiest, since they're the ones who made it.

It's a 5 speed. I just won't bother with it until I fill it back up...thanks guys

My tranny has no fluid in it. If I put it in neutral and start the car, does the tranny spin at all or only when you put it in gear? I want to start the car up, but if the tranny spins a little while in neutral, I don't want to burn up the gears or anything since there's no fluid in it right now.

I know where he's coming from. Now I don't know if the oil cap on my 1g is messed up or not, but there are just two tabs on the base of the cap, and when it's installed, it doesn't lock against anything like a radiator cap does, or screw down like a bottle cap would. I put it on, and start to...

You have to go custom made...it's simple as that. It's not like an FP Green or a Bullseye turbo that tons of people run, which means a shop might make an o2 housing for it or someone might have one used. Check out cheapturbos.com, or any turbo shop. They'll have just a 4 bolt flange, it's up...

Nope, didn't buy any turbos from me.

I think the RalliArt seats would look best, I mean they are the Mitsu tuner after all :) I hope you know those aren't REAL Nismo or RalliArt seats for that cheap. The problem I've come up with for cheap seats, is not that they don't look good, or they aren't comfortable. The problem is are...

The way to tell that it's a knockoff is the price. Do you honostly expect to get like an Acura Integra turbo kit, with intercooler, turbo, piping, blow off vavle, downpipe, etc for $750 and it be quality? Or a brand new t3/t4 for like $350? You have to look at price, that is the number 1 dead...

Here's a nice rebuilt CT26 with Garrett guts:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Toyota-MR2-Celica-Alltrac-TRD-Turbo-CT26-upgraded-T3-T4_W0QQitemZ8044054741QQcategoryZ33742QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

An 18g would do pretty nicely on my 280Z. The thing I'm worried about is the bolt patterns won't match up. That would suck. I'll probably have to let it pass and find something else. I was going t3/t04b or t04e but I'm always on the lookout for options. Maybe someone on here will be selling...

The Greddy 18g on Ebay has the t25/t28 outlet on the hotside, so I can only assume it is a Greddy t25 style housing, which has of course, the t25 inlet on the turbine housing. Is that a smaller inlet than on a t3? The reason I ask is I am considering it for my 280Z, however the ZX turbo exhaust...

I'm a freakin genius! It's the t25/t28 mount! I was browsing Phoenix Turbo's site and POW there it was, a t25/t28 flange for custom downpipes and it struck me. I compared and that's what it goes to. I should have known when Greddy's site mentioned they used that turbo for 95-99 Eclipse...

Ahh you are correct sir. I couldn't quite tell, so I had to save the pic to my computer, open it up in a photo program and brighten the pic, and sure enough...it's a rectangle. Good eye! I'm still waiting on Greddy to get back with me as to what that bolt pattern is. If it's Ford 5 bolt, I am...

No no, I'm sure that turbo on Ebay has a 7cm2, I was talking about if I had to put my Mitsu housing on, from my 14b on the car now, that's 6cm2. If that turbo is a MHI turbine housing, then I'm sure it'd be a 7cm2. I compared a picture of the Ford 5 bolt to that and it looked fairly close, but...

You're right, Ford does have a 5 bolt pattern. The Z cars I'm familar with use the same pattern. I'll try to find a pic of that and compare. If it doesn't fit my Eclipse, maybe it will work for my 280Z :-D

Eh, but the 14b's 6cm2 is crappy :) Maybe if it's still cheap near the end, and I can justify spending extra $ on a used 7cm2 housing. It's too bad I'm not a fan of how Greddy takes Garrett or MHI products and triples the price. :D

Too bad its a stinkin Greddy...however what's that o2 side flange? At first I thought it was a DSM just the webbing between the flapper and turbine were cast different, but comparing it to the o2 side of an 16g it doesn't even look remotely close. Anyone familiar with what that goes to...

Yea, people see it as a threat. And I'm sure TC.com sees that as a BIG threat, to their business and their sales. If you had a big company that's very popular in the sport compact world, slamming on a product you are trying to get out there, then that is very detrimental to your business. SBR...

And a real one with a 2g install kit is $699 at Turbochargers.com. That's the cheapest place selling the real 16g, you're not gonna real a real one for less than 400 like that one on ebay. just buy one from tc.com or find a used one here

It's a knock off, and if you searched, you would have found that out in no time.

You can find used 2g fully ported manifolds all day long on here for $100-150 or so. I got a used first run on SBRs cast mani for $150 shipped on here.

What kinda horror stories? An Evo 16g from Turbochargers.com is the same exact Evo 16g as you get from say Buschur, or ExtremePSI or whoever, TC.com probably just buys them in ridiculous quantities to be able to sell them for the price they sell them at. Now you might find fault in the GT...

Check with Turbochargers.com as they sell the Evo 16g the cheapest around. That'll knock quite a bit off the price. And they can set you up with all the goodies that MachV has for cheaper.http://www.turbochargers.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=21_30&products_id=169Right there...

AWS is great if you're driving the car the way it was meant to be driven. When you start modding it with jumbo horsepower, suspension kits so you can fly through corners, that's when it becomes a hinderance to performance. A lot of 300ZX Twin Turbo guys disable their Super HICAS because it's a...